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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-01-27
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FLOUR AND MEAI-FLoUR-The market is without
such line an sngertne on special demand ,ho sn
hesyy sSs. 700 GGs Including 800 oOs city Mi Efra
20 Tor the We, insss 2p ,t eg or f cocs 10
se. Extra No 81 So 300 PeS Winter wnea,
Extra & Is % Tor Good Il 40 for Good
lochoee tho latter tor ono two pgy'e Sr.ai Patent
a Quotation Sass S5 saperdn % 90
t'F. q W9'Ssr g 81 COMMON 49, Goo q
G2%@Gn ET HYa N MpS,o Z, g iSS
e So eP5 8 3 fsa nj 4 s Bakers Ezra
SSs = Sa' Go%s ss. % y g: Nsra & B g
Paoni wIntrr Wheat Extra - 5oss5 10 CITY nill Extra
s sS5 Tfif FioGU6a &saSy Sale: sos 6Ss
Go%s" g fsr EXT ISS ?p ami
S. bOls s1pernne at s. sjes5 10 coRNMEAL@
sns Y9S sss wss'ern aIs
'aRHiN-wmEAr,-c lots were moderately active.
heavy aud prices shse lower closing s1s. S ,y o
option, have been very dull weak 9nt price, s nsnef On
s ssTs fSrenS sen sso 81 The
Nav other months s6on, steady
Sc and 1os ods Sa at ae Sars the SS bushels o. po e
including Ting aled Red at 81 23c No. Red, u c 10
sT G &c. &c. wa, q Ca 81 led a Sl 5s
o'HY % &C. 30 Fshasy a. DO e Ssr
% 1915 d95c co'ng AT - 81 do Nay 95'aa od.c clos
I Jul " i5a 81 S closing August 9S
Closing at 81 &C. No. december 81 o24agl o2 p closing
al II OF L,c. RYE pull and unchanged. BARLEY
quiet an steady BARLEY MALT-Dull and unchanged
CORNl he trading III cash lots has been SOW, the mar
lower. closing duh, with light
II and home Options were dun weak and
c lower At the close opened Ak al aIeclns OF Sc
futt declined AMI closed steady at about the low
est OF the day Sse472O0c bushels future 5sOCO bushels
spot ncuBg Ungraded Mixed at Ala 0i9l4c; steamer
AZ LaIia.,. IN elevator; No 41S.d t>.c IN elevator
40t. ailoat. Yellow, ic.; NO = January
closing ~ do February. Shc closing AZ ~ ~
do March 49, i9C closing 10 -c. do. May. 90 LII
boi,c closing al oArs-Cash tots moderately
active heavy prices c. lower closing steady Options
were aue steady &c. higher At the close Opened
steady at OF further advanced &c on feru
ary and about the highest prices OF the day
900 bushels ant spot including No AZ
35 nc do White ia., 81 36lsc; DO. White. 81 %
:s i,r No White zoe: Mixed Western. 80 637c. White
do 81 l2c White state i0@c; No. = January closing
nj 3ic. do February, - .a36c. closing At 36c; d.
March Is Ia 36c closing Soc do. April. closing at
Soc do May JG 936 sc closing at SO .....FEED-Firm
and unchanged.
walkers PRIVATE Daily Circular, January PC. 1857 New
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-01-27
GENERAL MARKET REPORTS.

COFFEE this to-day fairly held at IA 7sc
for fair Rio spot The sales were 300 bags No
at lac 1uie Sales S45 bags Maricaibo ana
pecus Tnor lie. For future deliveries the market
opened steady last nights prices aud closed at an advance
OF about 10 points follows January. f330Dl34s Feb
rnary. 1900 l34j March. lS:l5alS25; April 30,
Nav l3l50l32D: June. l220dl3.25; July 1900
1925; August lS200l3.26; September. l32O0l320
Sales 90. 800 bags.
COrTON-The movement In spot cotton continued light,
while prices changed Sses 55 bales 40 SATURDAY
EVENING" all OF which for consumption The port receipts
today 10 1914 bales comparing with 24337 bales THIS
last and 2l7l5 bales this day last year since
September total port receipts have been 426673o
bales against bales period last
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-01-27
TREASURER JORDAN's PLANS.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 26.-Treasurer Jordan was asked
TODAY in regard to published rumor that he had
accepted the presidency of National bank in New
York City and said In reply:
1.-THE paragraph is partly true and partly false.
know that efforts being made In NewYork for the
establishment of National bank with large capt
tai and II position in 1t should be rendered me- should
think twice before declined It, However I would not
consider such proposition before the Adjournment OF
Congress and II Is not likely In any event that sna
leave the Department before the first OF May Suiclen
TO say now that received such Offer but don't
know what my friends propose 10 do with me"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-01-27
EUROPEAN FINANCIAL MARKETS.

LONDON jan 28-l23O m-Consos 100 is,Lo Can't so
both tho United states -Four re, IN.
Bonds ISL III do Ha Per Cent Bonds en-
atlantic and Great Western First Mortgage Trustees Coi
ac le DO Second MortSage ~ Ere W.. @ no. ss 81
100; Illinois Central, 1864; 81 fam
New.York Central ll5; Pennsylvania o. heaaing ~
Paris advces quote Three Per Cent Hentes ~ oo "~'
Is confines for tho account ,oo, ,.r ,h. A.
100 1915 for money ana 81 Paul Common
905. New, 4 ork Central. lI5a PennsylvaniA o74
uudsons Hay Company ~ o..,.. a, IN francs
advlces Three Por Cons bohsos ~ w
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-01-27
AUCTION SALES OF WOOL IN LONDON.

AUCTION SALES OF WOOL IN LONDON.
vs1. Jan the wool sales toSsy ~ goo ess.
ss was large and the bidding brisk Felowi1g are ne
hsfs and pieces. "a Sis. a. srsssy ca looks
ga pieces etd i0d. New South wsiss 2+9o bales
sy "a "a. oet: Ard giees 3D. ed soSt 1913 Ans
S:s'a e :sssi M .ssI sss' e. sss
- s ssS s ga ss sssy
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-01-27

IAN "a rarer than white crow" say Juveeeet!
no knew. However we have heard o. on TSs3
OF lucky broken In health suffering Will mi
a sEn diseases scroala Sropy anu snoaSn to use DE-,
we,s Golden Medical Discovery, INC s'0''sA
anrider tonic and Alternative Oh tue ss0
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-01-27
NETWORK DAILY TRIBUNE, THURSDAY, JANUARY o. 1897

90 for thu account and exchange London
francs 81 confines for checks =.
The amount Of bullion Withdrawn from the Bank Of Eng
land balance to-day, 1000.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-01-27

Decline q speedily RADICALLY, c 'wasd
nusTsted), 10 ccnts In stampn sSGnio X. Z.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-01-27
BANKING IND FINANCIAL
H. K. ENOs r G. BUCR
K. ENOs & CO..
BANKERS AND BROKERS.
II WALL STREET. ..
ADJOINING STOCK EXCHANGE
Branch Office, 657 6th-ave, corner 14dst
THE. MARKETS.

TOTAL RECEIPTS OF PRODUCE.
PEI. North Rir,r Vessels and Rnilronds
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-01-27

,,, 4. N ba found in DE- v. Percsa ~, ssr female
OF h ea..n =, - ~ Ire merits OF which - . renC1
scripton " S sn Auctions thousands tessev
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-01-27
.l.O39.SlO.UOO

y,uy 20 be supplied in eight 1871 600 to 1867
bushels to a1n s u MI Ss State, Both COASTS
BOO bush % 900 bushels ron Russia
anencv Of ~ bushels which dehcency they cac
s homo s SG ss aG S%
to Aug 81 exported to Europe Roman estimate for India
shca;; o %sTe sa snS rss estimate Of
n lsSm u ni too large without drawing On 1887 crop
Business well ihG Sy some ssGi
' ao issS Prime Choice lSe do Ice; Pa
, eis tS 20 Sso DO
nan: and u ES. sos hi@ SGR d d. i
mi Hay AND sTRAwHay in moderate demand straw raw
s'ee NY 76e shipping 65c Clover 5sGoei Clover oyer
M,'d 30 500 % Ss.; whsas .5c.
sYs rn.ns and md
ssss. ::% 20 :s%s
as e. .ss 2 @ LAKE.
,d az Lake MaTsn .Ss e. Se
Lake Iir sSs 800 do q chi bars,
for , .sso %ay c sS spot sold
nSss ssss notices Hs s .sa.d AZ
'MoLAssEs-Dong stock ssi n0minaiy quoted at zoe.
!. M easy
s 50 g. e . U.s. ~ g. . Z; ~ +!
81 oGs-Lnssed hrm general movement Light on an
easy x.lior fair TO prime seiIc.; summer white, 40
Sslc Cocoanat csyou ssc: Cochin sSgs: s SSS
domestic a32c; foreign SoaSIoi Llnseso Isw Sse
s5e.; MesSadsn. crao sound 22e isaS pressed zee
Ssschsd ssSI SPERM crude 7sS7Sc natural r,atss
r. hi.arhed Winter. SOc; natural spring 709LS
ssaeheG spriss 75c Whale crude. Norher sic srsasa
s,nts: oys
sss 5.ss?51s: sosaSs common ''s
RItEIQHTB-A duh and unntercstins ns
ali SireSons The works cd
any engagements OF berth room Chsrterns sSsnts
EfTH steam hence 1000 bush fs nn.b S s&aip' . e.
POOL By GRAIN adj noun os; a. ~
a. srJ sOai tsow, 2osi bce a. ID - ou po'A' % W.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-01-27

Indian wheat xports for calendar ended Dec 81 1855.
nave been 10 lb 600 bushels and from April TO Dec 81
Iss6 ~ 900 bushels The exports week ended jan =.
sS7 were bushels Jan - 10000 bushels and ian
average In three weeks oil Of2ooo
nu.h,, From Jan March 81 1887. IL ninety days or
nearly thirteen which AT the average on the rst three
January would give in thirteen weeks Ii3oOOO
bushels or 900 bushels In the crop season from April
IssI 10 March 81 1887 The quantity OF wheat on passage
nom IndI TO- 1887. was 3I92OOo bushels against
364 900, lSHtl 100, ., ,,.a...
Iacas-ado & llomann; 400, =,
nyonr wants of foreign flour and whoat sept 1856, 10
Sam oD 10 ; bushels,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-01-27
Good Ordinary. ..... y o-l1
So lont 1rtinary

st.Good Or tnary -. "a Mittling olo'lo
Option trading the Exchange irregular First
prices hOwe practical decline OF point while the opening
we're practically the closing figures. Sales $4,000 bales
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-01-27

DETROIT Jan. 26-wheat-No ! white cash $40 cash
Nicngan Rel s5c.; No Req cash soci req 100 &c
MaTch s6l-c $500. Recepts-lS,bOO bush corn
No q Is NC: receipts 5000 BUSH Oats-No White
$780, 3lc.; receipts LOU DusL |!o'ef Seeo-Nssh
81 72Lo February S47Zia
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-01-26
THE CATTLE OF AYRSHIRE.

The Ayrshires are to us exceeding
ly attractive on account Of their
broken color, the white spots and
f1ecks contrasting beautifully with
dark red Or brown ofthe body color,
the color, as a rule, being intensified
along the edges of the white, and
yet, strange to say, there is a craze
for solid colors among breeders.
The breed is we'll adapted to make
the most of short commons Of the
best of abundancc-hardy, active,
prolific, going all to milk when milk
ing, and riling on flesh when dry
a breed every farmer and dairyman
who owns one is proud of. filling the
eye and filing the pail. The milk
is of medium quality and abundant,
making up in flow what it lacks in
quality when compared with the
special butter breeds; always rich
in solids, hence admirable for cheese
production. Were we to name Il breed
of cattle which would produce the
greatest profit from a given + of
ldiHIihS VI SiaAiilS idlIu, oi turn INV
tons of hay, fodder and corn meal
into the greatest profit, we should
hesitate to name n which would
surpass the Ayrshire, even where
the breed would have no opportu-
nifty to exhibit its hardness and &C
tivity. But, on short pasture, in
cold stables, exposed to more Or less
hardships, the Ayrshires would al
most surely carry off the palm.
There is n thing about them
that is very satisfactory; they are
always recognizable even as grades.
The breed has an u~nmistakable
s%trikingly handsome style of it's own.
An Ayrshire is an Ayrshire, and
never will be mistaken for anything
else.-Amer1can A~gricutu1st for Jan-
n1TU.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-01-26
COMPOST A

Every place large enough to have
a garden should also have a compost
heap. This may be made with little
cost and labor to the farmer by put
ting into it all the animal and vege-
table substances that otherwise
would 60 to waste and in many cas-
es poison the air and render it un-
healthy. The provident farmer looks
everywhere for material for the com
post heap and collects it from filthy
places, such as drains, ~cess-pools,
bitches, boys, ponds and the like.
This matter, along with the scraping
of cellars, earth under barns, etc,
collected together and covered with
clay or loan, become harmless and
at the same time valuable. Make
the compost at distance from well
and cistern and as far from the
dwelling house as may be. Beneath
every heap that is built up see that
there is an abundance of clay or
loan sufficient to absorb all the sol
liable substance that drains from
the heap to prevent the moisture
from sinking into the earth. With
every addition to the heap place a
layer on top of loan or other mate
rial to prevent the evaporation OF
gases from the pile. In this heap
should be put all yard sweepings,
suds from the laundry, turf, leaves
and ashes.-Erchdnge.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-01-26

culture, either as commissioner or
clerk, who could for his life tell him
when to SOW turnips or the best
time to plant Irish potatoes, unless
he first asked the old gentleman who
keeps the fair ground.
The Department oughtto be man
aged by a practical farmer and one
who was bred on a farm in North
Carolina and worked on a farm in
North Carolina. New England nor
New York nor German farming can
be successfully done in this State.
The great want of the farmers in
North Carolina is not to know exact
ly how hard a particle of suns light
hits him or how many thousanths
parts of an inch is formed Or made
in the growth of his crops, but how
to make his WI supplies and get
rid of the mortgage on his farm.
At this writing only n family in
Blues Gully can be found which has
IA quart of beans or peas, and from
present prospects there will not be
a peck of tIrnip salad gathered in
these parts during March and April,
when turnip salad is so good and so
useful.
These things are easily made and
are a great help in making out
through the winter but by some
"a our people " think of
peas, beans or turnip salad until they
need them and then it is forever too
late to plant them. | sometimes
wish the commissioner would come
down this way at the right time to
plant peas and tell our people hom
and When.
In my next | will tell your read
ers why | eve gave a mortgage
on my crop and how / learned to
keep in peas, beans and potatoes.
STRAIGHTOUT.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-01-26
EFFECT OF MANURE ON so,,o

The effect of manure on soil.
various. Long manure on sandT
soils tends to make the land St;II
more dry. and hence should onIv III
applied to this kind Of soil in . tha"
oughly~rotted condition, or bcttarn
a compost. What sandy soil lackS
as a rule, is humus, and compost W.
thoroughly rotted manure is in inst
the condition to kindly perform This
office.
Many persons, perhaps a majority
suppose that manures leach down
through sandy soils and are lost. r.
the soil is nearly a clear sand this
effect will take place if some crop is
not grown thereon. But CROPS ON
sandy soils, in the presence Of
manure, eat out manur very fast
and hence this apparent disappear.
ance of manure is accounted for. If
goes quickly into the crop if inasol
uble state. Loans and clays. on the
contrary, take up and hold manure
indefinitely if not accepted by crops.
If occupied by crops it is given up,
but all the constituents of plant
growth being present, the eating out
of manure is not SO quickly seen.
The reason why manure is more
quickly eaten out of sandy soils is
that they are more porous than clay
s)ils, and hence more amenable to
the action Of the oxygen of the air,
and this action of oxygen upon any
material liable to decay is what re-
duces such material to a state by
which it may be taken up by plants.
Hence, if the soil is clayey, long I'M
digested manure will be indicated. It
tends to render such soils more light
and porous. On sandy soils every
means possible should be used to
render the soil as compact as posi-
bic, while the naturally firm clay
soils require the greatest possible
disintegration to render them the
most productive. Yet there should
always be a due relation to compact
ness in any soil to reach the best re-
sults.-Fdrm, Field and Stockmun.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-01-26
EFFECT OF CLOVER ON SOIL.

The Farm has this to say in rela-
ton to the effects OF m%anuring with
clover:
One of the most remarkable stud
les in practical farming is the Won
dertul r~ecuperative and restorative
effects Of clover on land. This eff
feet can hardly be exaggerated. 1t
is a mystery to many farmers how a
crop grown on a soil can improve it
more than it takes from it. Perhaps
it will help them to understand this
to remind them that but small por-
ton OF the plant comes from the soil.
In Il ton Of clover hay chemists tell
us there are but from 106 to 1874
pounds Of organic matter Coy which
they mean that which has come
from the soiD and all the remainder
is inorganic or m%atterthat has come
from the atmosphere. Another fact
which helps to explain how green
manuring helps the soil is that in
most soils there is enough of plant
food to grow hundreds of crops (and
often th%ousands), and much of this
is in a condition in which it is not
readily available for the plant. One
of our best modern writer's on agri-
cultural chemistry says: $50 great
is the wealth of fertility stored in
the soil that if the nitrogen, phos-
phoric acid and potash contained in
the upper twelve inches of a good
soil were valued at the prices
charged for them in IL commercial
fertilizers, a farm of 100 r would
be worth about a half million
dollars"
This must be constantly borne in
mind The question we are about
solve in c%ultivating our farms is to
not, when will the soil become com
pletely exhausted, but how can we
manage it so as to get profitable
crops at the least expense now?
Prof. Roberts of the New York
Experiment Station found that a
field Of clover which yielded 1926
pounds Of cured hay had 1882
pounds of dried roots or: nearly l.
700 pounds more Of roots than of
top.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-01-26
SELECTING BROOD SOWS.

This is an important selection and
unless done Understandings will re-
suit in disappointment and a con,
demnation of the breed. A brood
SOW should have good length, in tact
longer than boar she is bred to. she
should have large heart measure
ment, a good loin and the lower
down the ham runs the better
Don't condemn her because her back
is not straight as a line, would much
rather her back was arched nan
swayed. | would much rather have
a September or October pigto breeo
from than a spring pig as she can
be bred the following year IN inc
fall and farrow at about sixteen
months old and that is early enough
for a SOW to have her first inter
after that she can be bred tVNce "
year. Don't select a SOW pig De-
cause she shows up well and score1
high at the fair. Examine her breeo-
ing, see that she runs through a long
line of good families. If she be /"
grade ascertain the predominant
blood and breed her to a boar OF tl"I
breed SO that you may 60 for"aLlo
instead Of backward. AS to 'n rs
breed | suppose some breeders Wou'a
say by all means use Poiand-ohlm
while | would say a Berkshire
II. Clements az the S~,Cineherd.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-01-26
2 THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER, JANUARY &C. 1887

the protection against, cold, If left
until Spring before being pruned,
the sap will start, and there will be
some loss of vitality which should
be directed to fruittulness. There is
strong temptation in pruning TO
to leave too much wood. BY re-
Numbering that every bud will an
other season develop into a branch
with two or more lunches OF grapes,
the tendency to leave on the vine an
excess of buds will be overcome.
FREEZING r SOILS.
+ One of the good effects Of under
draining is that it increases the
depth to which the frost penetrates
the soil, thus g%raciously making
deeper the space in which plant
roots may penetrate the soil in search
of food and moisture. This is a
strong argument in favor Of max
ing deep drains, especially on level
exposed surfaces where the snow is
liable to blow off. No tile is abso-
loutely safe from frost in the North
ern States at a less depth than
three feet, though a slight touch OF
frost at this stage might do no harm.
Drains made twenty inches or two
feet deep are often disarranged from
freezing, but for the fact that they
are often in holIows where they are
protected from snow, a still larger
percentage Of them would be spoiled.
We cannot tell by digging in I'M
drained ground how deeply frost
will penetrate after the drain Nc
produces it's full effects. For a num-
Der of years after a drain is made
the frost reaches a lower level in
winters equally as cold. Dry sand
sometimes freezes to a depth of
three or even four feet in exposed
banks. 1t is not possible to get a
clay soil so dry as sand and this
freezing makes a solid barrier Of ice,
through which cold air cannot pen
citrate. In a clay soil, unless di-
rectIy over a drain. there is seldom
much frost below six or eight inches
from the surface, and on a sod even
less than this. Hence the great ben
eft Of fall blowing such soils to
make them deeper, but this must be
combined with thorough underdrain-
ing to make the advantage perma-
nent.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-01-26
A

The experiment of growing alfalfa
or California clover in the western
portion of Kansas, by farmers and
stockmen has been with most fiat
tering results. They have met with
such excellent that others
are induced to seed down large tracts
of land with this valuable hay and
feed-producing range plant. The
yield Of alfalfa is enormous, as much
as eight or ten tons per acre, which
on good soil, such as will produce
corn, can be cut four times a year.
If cut for hay, it should be cut
Just before it turns to seed or while
in bloom. 1t may be cut twice for
hay each year and the third time for
seed. Alfalfa may be grazed until
late in the fall and winter, then again
iifthe spring, and still make a fair
seed crop. The roots of this plant
go down deep in the soil, a depth Of
ten or fifteen feet, and in some in
stances have been known to 90 even
deeper, to a depth where, as a rule,
it would strike water.-Breeder's
formal.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-01-26

An aid in making button holes
in a garment which trays badly is
to take a piece of glue that has a
smooth and rather thick edge. din
it slightly in hot water and pass
lightly over the goods before cutting
the button holes. The result will be
satisfactory.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-01-26

For cramp in the feet, press the
hollow of the foot against something
hard and round; a broom handle is
the best thing.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-01-26

"A New England experimenter
finds that feeding apples to mich
COWS has the invariabIe effect of les
SEEMING the flow of milk.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-01-26
PRUNING THE GRAPE VINE.

Any open weather in Winter when
outdoor work can be done comforta-
bly, is the best time to prune the
grape vine. The earlier it is done
the better, not only to get rid OF sur
plus wood, but for the purpose of
dropping the vine on the ground for
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-01-26
Correspondence
rHArNUMERoUs DEPARTMENT

What Squire Virgins Saw at the Elk
pertinent Farm and What He Thought
about 1t, with some Practical Remarks
by t"Straightout."
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-01-26
farm Aotes.
Sailing FROZEN MEAT.

In packing beefof pork at this
season it is important to have all
frost out Of it. or no amount OF salt
will keep it from spelling. While
frozen the meat is expanded, which
opensit to the air, and the oxygen
thus admitted speedily causes fer
mentatiOn and SOurinp.